Thursday, August 21, 2008

A small step to the train station, a large step to a greater nation

It was a joy this morning to see the headlines of the Sun. Instead of the usual squabbles between political parties, the police, the judiciary and so on, we see our very own PM making a change.
Yes, I’m sure some skeptics will say it’s to do with the by-election or something along those lines but I don’t care. When someone does something good for the benefit of others, it should be applauded.
I’m sure it wasn’t easy for him to do what he did (Even I’m afraid of taking the train during rush hour!!) but this is exactly what the people want from our respected, elected representatives in the government. Solving our “everyday” problems by experiencing them first hand.
It would be great if he could also take a bus ride around the city, an express bus ride to other states, Commuter rides on our electric trains and some ferry rides to our islands too. He will then see the deplorable levels of service, timeliness, safety, efficiency and care provided by these services to the common taxpaying citizen.
Hopefully the small step that he has taken will be mirrored by other leaders in our community.

***Sent this to the Sun earlier this morning too!! Hehehehe!!

4 comments:

Anba said...

Well i really hope that they actually do some changes to the
Public Transport System...
Looks like a good start..am just curious to see how things will progress...now one...
But am still wandering what happened to their earlier promise back in 2006 when they raised the petrol price and they said they will improve the public transport with d 4 billion ... no knows where this money went...
hmmmmm

nanda666 said...

Yup...that's the problem with the BN fellas....money always seem to be disappearing...I think that will only stop when the police, judiciary and the ACA truly become independant of politics.

Scorpion said...

Maybe if the ministers were forced to use public transportation with the rakyat all the time, instead of being chauffered around, things might actually change. But no special treatment allowed......

anfield devotee said...

pleeeease la . . . what a cheap publicity stunt. He should've done that BEFORE the fooking petrol hike, not after!

What a C*#T!!!

Wanna bet fook all is gonna be done?